Weighing-scale.



lUiviriin srnrus 'PATENT ornioii.

WILLIAM N. PELO'UZE, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINIS.-

WEIGHING-SCALE.

.Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 5, 1912.

. Application tiled February 1%, 1910. Serial No. 543,638.

v To all 'whom 'it may concern:

Be itI known that I, WILLIAM N. PELOUZE,

' a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Veighing-I Scales, of which the following is a full, true,

` 'LA further object is to provide avcheap,

feilicient, accurate and durable means for transmitting motion from the scale-lever to the index-hand of the inclined scale-plate.

Another rbje'ct of my invention is to iniprove and Simp the construction and op- 'eration of t-he 'ra-cl; and gear connection be- My linvention consists further in a novel 4"tween the scale-lever and the index-hand, to 'thef'endthatthe cost of manufacture. shall be reduced and with a view to obviating the necessity for the'location ofthe inclined scalevplate at any one definite angle to the base.

My.invention consists broadly in a weighing-scale having a scale plate, an index-hand adapted to sweep said plate and a pinion adapted to move said hand, in combination with-a pivot-ally mounted scale-lever and a rack integral with said lever for engagement with said pinion to move said hand.

f scale-arm or lever for a weighing-scale, of "fthe class' above mentioned, having an in- ,tegrally formed rack for' engagement with the pinion which moves the index-hand, the teeth of the rack being so formed that the alinement of each tooth of the rack as it engages the pinion is perfect within reasonable limits. y, y

Theinventicn will be more readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in whic Figure l is a central vertical section of a .Weighing 4scale embodying my invention, same being shown on the sect-ion line 1 1 .of Fig Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the scale, having the central portion of the scaleplate broken away to show the scale mecha-- nisin behind same; Fig. 3 is a detail horizontal sectional view of the scale mechanism upon the irregular sectionline 3 3 of Fig. 1, the scale-lever and the pinion and its shaftv being shown in top plan view;l Fig. 4 'is a. perspective view of the load or scale-post,

its pivot members and the frame to which lthey are pivotally attached; Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragment-ary diagrammatic perspective view 'of the curved rack or segmental gear upon the free end of the scale-lever showing the teeth of same partly formed;

Fig. 6 isa view similar to Fig. 5 showing the curved rack in its completed or linished condition. Fig. 7 is-a detailsectional view on the section line 7"-7 of Fig. 1.

As shown in the drawings, 2 represents the base oitl the scale, 8 is the casing securely mounted Vupon the' base, 2, and carrying the' scale-mechanism. The front wall, et, of said casing, 3, -is inclinedat an angle preferably of about tt) degrees to the base and carries a circular scale-plate, 5, securely mountedin.

front of and parallel to same. The inclination of the scale-plate, 5, makes the accurate reading of it convenient when'thel scale is' set below the eye of the user.

The scale-pan, 6,' is above the scale-case and is supported upon the- U-shaped'loadpost, 7, comprising the two sides or legs, 7 7', that are joined by t-he integral crossbars 8 vand 9. Said cross-bar, 9, is provided with a central rearwardly extending projection, 10, havingv anopening, 11, in its free end, to receive the lowerend .of the scale spring, 1,2. The upper end of the: spring is fixed upon the collar or washer, 13,-u.pon the lower end of the spring adjusting screw, 14. Said screw passes through an opening in the cover, 15, of said scale-case, 3, and is held by the spring-adjusting nut, 16. The side bars or legs 7 7 of the load post, 7, are offset rearwardly immediately below where theyv pass lupwardly through the cbver, 15, of the scale-case, suliicient toobring them into a vertical plane with the spring, 12. 'lhe scale pan, 6 is thus supported centrally over the balance-spring, 12. L

'The load-post plays through suitable openings in the top ci the scale-case and is held 'in proper alinement by the link or 'pivot member, 17, and the scale-lever, 418,

`l0ad-post by the pivot rod, 24, which passes through the free ends of said side arms, 22, and the side posts 7, 7 of said load-post.

y Free space is thus left for the relative movement of said pivotmember, 17, and said bal# ance spring 12, said side-arms of the pivotmember encircling said spring as said pivot member reaches the lower limit of itsinovement. 1

I prefer to make the scale-beam or lever, 18, bf a single piece of sheet metal termed tothe desired shape, and it comprises the V-shaped portion, `25, having downwardly turned flanges, 26 and 27, along its lateral edges, said 'lianges being perforated for l mounting said lever upon the pivot pins 28 and 29,V The pivot-pin, 28, pivots said 4o scale-lever on the lower end of said scaleframe', 19, and the pivot-pin, 29, joinssame to the lower end-of 'said load-post, 7 Said flange, 26, of said scale-lever is widened and. extends forward .and upward substantially Lshaped at its end portion and is provided on its free end, 30, with a laterally facing I curved-rack or segmental gear, 31, said rack engaging a small pinion or spur-gear wheel',

32,-iXed on the short shalt or pivot, 33, ad-

' jacent its rear end. Said shaft, 33, is

mounted in a central. bearing in said scaleplate, 5, and in abearing in said front plate, 4,' and carries the index-hand, 341, rigidly mounted on its outer end, adapted to sweep said plate and indicate the weight of the load Lon said scale-pan. The airis ol? said pinion lies in a plane parallel with the sweep of said rack and is preferably so positioned that its rearward extension intersects the axis of the pivot', 28, of the scale-lever, v18, but as will be explained vhereinafter does not necessarily do so. 'lo hold said shaft,

33, relatively endwise with as little frictionl as ossible,atongue 35 is 'struck up out of sai plate, il, and turned over to engage the nordsee rear pointed end or" the shaft, 33, the weight of the shaft, pinion and hand, holding said shaft against said tongue 35.

The front plate, l, is provided with a siiitf able opening or slot, 36, to permit the ff're'e play ofthe forward end of said scaledever, 18, and its integral rack. The rack, 31, is held in proper operative relation to said pinion by the rounded projection, y37, of said plate, Ll, which projects into said slot, 36, close to the baclr'ot said lever, 18, and permits-of the free movement of said lever, but does not permit of the disengagement of the rack and pinion. lt is desirable that the teeth oit the rack and pinion have no free play between them as this would tend to inaccurate results.' To take up any slack which might occur between the teeth of the rack and pinion due tothe looseness of the pivots of the lever or otherwise, and keep the teeth in proper engagement with a light yielding pressure, a small, suiiciently stid compression spring, 38, is mounted on said pivot-pin,29, between the lower end of the adjacent side-bar, 7 of said lol-shaped loadpost, 7, and said ange, 26, ol3 the scalelever, 18. ',lhe forward, or raclr end, 30, of said scale lever, 18, which carries the toothed flange or rackA 3l, is made integral with the pivot-member, as illustrated in the drawings. ln fact, ll iorm vup the entire scale-beain and rack from a single piece of sheet metal for the reason that l am enabled to considerably reduce the cost of making and handling small parts. Said curved rack, 31, is concentric with `'said rear pivotpin, 28,v of thescale-levenl, and as the inished form or position or the teeth on same is ot .importance in the cheap production 'of the scale 'and accurate weighing by it, will briefly describe the method of pro- .'ducing the raclr. 1n melting said scaledever, 18, and its integral rack, 31, a curved lateral flange is formed upon the end, 30, of said pivot-member so related to the body of the member that when said member reaches .its linishedcondition said ilange will be consaid member which receive said rear pivots iie pin, 28..' lhe curved flange having been produced, it remains to cut teeth on same by a process which is both, reasonable. in cost and suciently accurate in results, to

reduce the variation in the accuracy of the scale at di-erent pointso" rack-action toa point where it is of no material consequence.

The teeth, 39, of saidrrack, are first cut parallel with each other,'as indicated by 'the parallel pairs of lines, lill', in Fig, 5, the direction of the anis of the teeth being such that when the rack is in mesh with the-pinion the center tooth of the rack will mesh j accurately with same... Asthe. teeth are parthe middle tooth Would be the only one lwhich could be brought into accurate aline-v vnient with the pinion, the distance of any tooth from the middle tooth being a lineasure of its lack of true alinement with the -pinion tooth. z

To complete theformation of the rack and bring the center line of each tooth accurately to its true operative relation to the teeth of the pinion, therack -is forced into a die having openings or matrices accurately formed to receive the teeth and set them to their true positions, as indicated by the converging pairs of parallel lines, 4l, in Fig.,

6, which meet on the center lineof the engaging pinion-tooth; thus each tooth ofthe rack, as it engages the pinion, engages itin parallel relation and lits accurately.

YHaving thus described my invention. I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent l. A weighing-scale having an inclined circular scale-plate, an index-hand adapted to sweep said plate and a spur gear adapted to move said hand in combination with a pivotaliy mounted scale-lever and a` curved rack formed integrally therewith, the teeth r of said rack having parallel side faces adapted to engage the teeth of said gear in parallel relation, to move said hand, sublstantially as described.

' vframe in combination with a load-post, parallel link-members connecting said post and frame, counter-balancing means connected With said load-post, a curved rack formed up integrally from the. free end of one of said link-members, an inclined scale-plate, an index-hand adapted to sweep said plate and a pinion adapted to be engaged by said l rack to move said hand, and a spring acting curved rack integral with one of said lisll 'against said link member for maintaining Asaid rack in eiiOaO'ement with said pinion,

substantially'as described.

' 4. In a weighing-scale the combination with an inclined scale-plate, an index-hand adapted to sweep said plate and a spurgear 'adapted to move said hand, of a frame, a loadpost,-parallel link-members connecting said frame and post, counter-balancing means connected to said load-post, a toot-hed members adapted to engage saidl gear to move said hand, and a compression spring between said load-post andsaid rack carrying link-member whereby said rack and said gear are yieldingly held in engagement with each other, substantially as described.

5. in a weighing-scale a suitable casing, a frame fixed within' said casing, a loadpost,parallel link-members' connecting said post and frame, a balance-spring connected tosaid load-post, an inclined scale-plate, a hand adapted to sweep said plate, a gear adapted to move said hand, -a curved laterally projecting toothed rack formed inte grally with the lower link member adapted to engage said gear to move said hand, the teeth of said rack having parallel side-faces adapted to engage the teeth of said gear in parallel relation, and having their axes disposed on lines. radial to the pivotal center of said link, substantially'as described.

6. In a weighing scale a casing having a slotted wall, a dial plate disposed adjacent to and parallel with'said wall, an index hand adapted to sweep said dial, a driving pinion therefor positioned between said wall and dial plate, a scale lever for transmitting motion from the load-post and passing through the slotin said wall to said pinion, and having a rack meshing with said pin ion, said slot having a constricted portion for confining the rack in meshing engage#V ment with the pinion. l.

7. A weighing scale, a casing having an inclined wall, a dial 'plate disposed 4parallel to said wall, an index hand adapted to swee said dial a drivin@ inion therefor disposed between and having journals in said wall and dial plate, a scale levern for transmitting motion fronithe load-post to said pinion and having a rack meshing with said pinion, said. inclined wall -having a slot wherein the lever operates, said slot being constricted in width at a point".v adj acent said pinion for preventing said rack from disenggaging the pinion. y

8. As an article of manufact-mie',- a scale beam for Weighing scales comprising a' singlev piece of sheet metal laterally broad-l ened at one end and formed for'pivotal mounting and having an integral curved laterally7 projecting toothed rack, fthe teeth of said rack being disposed on the radii of the pivotal center of the beam, but having i'io Jarallel side faces for enfa ement with-the relative faces of the teeth of aspur gear.

9. Asy an article of manufacture a scale beam for indicating weighing scales, coni-l prising a lever and a curved segmental crown gear at one en'd formed up from a single piece of sheet metal, the other end of said lever being broadly expanded inl width and having' two distinct pivotal 'bearings integrallv formed therefrom attivo widely separated points. 1x3. A scale beam for Weighing scales jiu-,formed up from jasinglelpiece of metal and Comprising a broad arm having pivotal' poiniisat opposite sides, and an extension said' extension curved coneentric to. the pvotal center of saidarm, and lteeth formed on theedge of said rim having their faces arranged for spbSt-an tiaIly true engagement with the relative (Jo-acting teeth. faces of'a spur gear, the axis of Which lies at an angle to the pivotal axis `of said arm.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, .this 4 day of February, ,1910, in A15 of t-Wo subscribing Witnesses. vWILLIAM N. PELOUZE. Witnesses E. F. WILSON, M. SIMON.

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